NEXT STEP
June 16, 2023 at 7:30pm
NEXT STEP is PNB’s annual choreographic workshop where Company dancers have the opportunity to create original works for PNB School Professional Division students. NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a performance opportunity to our most advanced students.
2023 NEXT STEP Choreographers
NEXT STEP 2023 is made possible thanks to: Susan Y. Buske, Amy J. Haugerud, Stephen & Marie Heil, Toni Hoover & Al Nettles, T.R. Ko, and Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.
What Is Here Today
Music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de Florence”, Op. 70, II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
Choreography
Kyle Davis
Costume Design
Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Casting
Natalie Allenton
Emerson Boll
Claudia Duff
Lucas Galvan
Sam Portillo
Drew Lybolt-Wagner
Garrett Wooten
In Absence Of
Music
Ezio Basso
Road Signs Variations: Round About, Trees of Life
Choreography
Noah Martzall
Costume Design
Elizabeth Murphy
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Casting
Sofia Bidne
Emerson Boll
Hayley Donahue
Claudia Duff
Celena Fornell
Emma Greenawalt
Sadie Halpin
Sally Megargee
Ling Minucci
Ricochet
Music
Kerry Turner, performed by American Horn Quartet/ Saturday Brass Quintet
Choreography
Miles Pertl and Dancers
Costume Design
Sydney Pertl
Costume Fabrication
PNB Costume Shop
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Casting
(a)part
Music
Bulgarian State Television Female Choir
Choreography
James Kirby Rogers and Dancers
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Casting
Sofia Caracciolo
Abigail Einterz
Amelia Erich
Emma Greenawalt
Sadie Halpin
Sally Megargee
Luci Radke
Maya Ruheza
Ava Schandlbauer
Emily Soria
Downtime
Music
Air A Danser, Steady State
Choreography
Joh Morrill and Dancers
Costume Design
PNB Costume Shop
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Casting
Clara Kang-Crosby
Celena Fornell
Maya Ruheza
Emily Soria
Russell Schmidt
Drew Lybolt-Wagner
Garrett Wooten
Traverse
Music
Choreography
Mark Cuddihee
Costume Design
PNB Costume Shop and Wardrobe
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Casting
Natalia Burns
Lucy Carlin
Christina Cole
Hayley Donahue
Amelia Erich
Emma Gray
Clara Kang-Crosby
Sam Portillo
Garrett Wooten
Abigail Einterz
Drew Lybolt-Wagner
Piano Concerto Appasionata in B Minor
Music
Piano Concerto Appasionata in B Minor
Choreography
Zsilas Michael Hughes
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Casting
Morgan Barton
Lucy Radke
Isabella Bertagni
Harper Ramsey
Sofia Caracciola
Ling Minucci
Natalia Burns
Christina Cole
Ash Bradley
Russel Schmidt
Thomas Kingsbury
David Atilley
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